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A. H. GROZIRRR'I.I c. CARRIER. MACHINE POE. GAMFBRING AND GROZINGBARRELS.

N0.21,11'7. A f PATRNTRD AUG. 1ro, 1858.

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A. H. CROZIER AND CARRIER, OFY OSWEGO, NEW YORK.

MCHINE FOR CHAMFERING AND CROZINGBARRELS.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 21,11*?, dated August 10, 1858.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, A. H. CRoZiER and CYRUS CARRIER, both of Oswego, inthe State of New York, have invented an Improved Machine for Chamferingand Crozing Barrels, &c.; and we do hereby declare the following to be acorrect description of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure l, is a side elevation of the ma chine; Fig.2, is a transverse vertical section of the same; Fig. 3, is an enlargedview of the cutter stock and cutters, showing the mode of operating 'thelatter; Fig. fl, is a top view of the spur wheels and pinion attached tothe vertical shafts; Fig. 5, is a perspective view of the machinecomplete.

The same letter indicates the same part in all the figures.

The nature of our invention consists in the Inode, hereinafter moreparticularly described, of causing the crozing and chamfering tools toadvance to, and recede from, the work as required. In the drawings, Amarks the frame of the machine; B, platform for the barrel; C, rackattached to the side of the platform; D, foot lever working segments ofpinions which gear into rack, C, to raise and lower platform B; E,guides upon which B rises and falls; F, hoop to receive upper end ofbarrel; Gr, section of barrel in position to be operated upon; H, cutterstock; I, crozing tool; J, chamfering tool; K, slide of crozing tool; L,arm operating slide K; M, cam or eccentric; N, arm operated by M; O, armof chamfering tool; I), solid shaft of cam M; Q., spur wheel at top ofshaft P; R, hollow shaft of cutter stock H; S, spur wheel at top ofhollow shaft R; T, friction pinion gearing into spur wheels Q and S; U,bevel wheel by which shaft R is driven; V, bevel wheel attached todriving shaft and gearing into wheel U; WV main or driving shaft; Xwinch.

To enable others to make and use our machine, we will proceed moreparticularly to describe its construction and operation.

The frame of the machinewe make of cast iron. Near the bottom, we placea circular platform, B, on which the barrel to be operated upon is torest. This platform has racks, C, attached to its sides, which receive.the teeth of segmental pinions, C, connected by a rod, as shown, andworked by the foot lever D. By means of these racks and pinions, theplatform B, is raised or lowered, as described, in order to present thebarrel, which is placed upon it, to the action of the crozing andchamfering tools I and J. These tools are placed one at either end ofcutter stock H, and, by its revolution, are

caused to cut the croze and chine of the barrel. The crozing tool, I, isattached to a sliding disk, K, working out and in, in guides in the endof the cutter stock. The reciprocating motion of this is imparted to itby arm L, attached by a pin to cam M, by the revolution of which it isdriven. The motion of this disk, K, carries the tool I, to and from itswork in the manner required. rIhe chamfering tool, J, has a rack uponits inner side, gearing with a segmental pinion, worked by arms, O andN, which are connected by a band to cam M, and operated by therevolution of this cam. The tool J is thus advanced and retracted in therequired manner as the work is in progress.

The cam M, is attached firmly to the.

lower end of solid shaft P, which passes up through hollow shaft R, andreceives, at top, a spur wheel Q.

In Fig. 8, the hollow shaft and cutter stock are shown broken away, inorder more clearly to display this arrangement. The hollow shaft isfirmly attached at its lower end tothe cutter stock H, and at its upperend to spur wheel S. It also has attached to it bevel wheel U, by whichit is driven. Bevel wheel U, gears into bevel wheel V, on main shaft W,which is revolved by means of winch X, or other suitable prime mover.Wheels Q and S, both gear into pinion T, which is driven by wheel S, anddrives wheel Q. These spur wheels are alike inV diameter, but wheel S,which is attached te the hollow shaft, has one tooth more than wheel Q,(see Fig. 4L.) Hence the inner shaft I), attached to Q, will gain onerevolution, while the outer shaft is-making as many revolutions as thereare teeth in wheel S. This differential movement of shaft P, gives tocam M, at its lower end, the requisite amount of motion to cause thetools, I and (I, to advance and recede from the work with the requisitevelocity and regularity.

The barrel is first set up in truss hoops. It is then placed on theplatform of the machine, and, by the foot lever D, is thrown up intohoop F, where it is held firmly while the process of cutting the chineand croze is in progress. It is then taken down, without stopping themachine, Which is kept in constant motion as long as there is Work to bedone.

What We claim and desire to secure by 5 Letters Patent is- The methodhereinbefor described of moving the crozing and chamfering tools to andfrom their Work by means of theJK differential movement of the Wheels Q,and S pro- 10 duced in the manner described, When operating the cam oreccentric which controls the action of the toolsJ all substantially asspecied.

The above specification signed and Witnessed this twenty-sixth dav ofApril, 1858. 15

A. H. CROZIER. CYRUS CARRIER. Witnesses:

JOHN KELLY, WM. H. SHUMWAY.

